Japan’s governing party and its coalition accomplice scored the main victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday, imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, amid uncertainty about how his loss might also have an effect on birthday celebration harmony.
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won 146 of 248 seats in the 248-seat legislature, falling short of a majority.
With the boost, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stands to rule without interruption until a scheduled election in 2025.
Shinzo Abe’s DeathÂ
On July 8, 2022, around 11:30 AM JST (UTC+9:00), Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan and a current member of the House of Representatives, was killed while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, on the main island of Japan, Honshu.
A man with a homemade gun shot Abe in the back while he was giving a speech for a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate. The shot came from behind and was close to Abe. He was taken to the Nara Medical University Hospital by medical helicopter, where he was pronounced dead.
Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested at the scene for attempted murder. After Abe’s death, the charges were changed to murder.
Shinzo Abe was killed on July 8, 2022, at 11:30 a.m. JST (UTC+9:00) while he was speaking at a political rally outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, Honshu, Japan.
While Abe was giving a speech to an LDP candidate, he was shot from behind at close range. He was flown to Nara Medical University Hospital by helicopter, but he died there.
Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested for trying to kill Abe, and then he killed himself after Abe died. Because his mother went bankrupt, Yamagami hated the Unification Church. Because Abe was a member, he shot him.
Yamagami told the police that his mother’s bankruptcy made him hate the Unification Church. He shot at Abe because he thought he was a member of the group.
